Northfield man gets year in jail for having sex with girl, 15

A 19-year-old Northfield man was sentenced to nearly a year in jail -- time he has already served -- after pleading guilty Monday to having sex with two underage girls in separate cases last year.

Michael Lyle Stucky Jr. pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct -- one for having sex with a 13-year-old girl and another for having sex with a 15-year-old girl whom he met through Facebook. Both are felonies.

Stucky was also given 15 years of probation by Dakota County Judge Jerome Abrams. Stucky must comply with sex offender treatment and register as a predatory offender. If he does not remain law abiding, he could serve 48 months in prison.

According to amended criminal charges filed in September:

Stucky, who was 18 at the time, pushed the 13-year-old girl onto a couch in the basement of a Rosemount home in March 2013 and took off her clothes, despite her telling him "no." The girl told investigators that she had told Stucky her age and that she was in the eighth grade.

About five months later, Stucky befriended the 15-year-old girl on Facebook, and they exchanged messages online. They didn't know each other beforehand.

Early in the morning of Aug. 6, 2013, Stucky showed up at the girl's home. He "began kissing and making out with her," charges say. She told him to stop and pushed him away, but he became aggressive, taking off her clothes and forcing himself on her.

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Police interviewed her at a hospital later that day. When they interviewed Stucky, he admitted to having sex with the girl but said it was consensual, according to the charges. He said he didn't know how old she was.

"Predatory behavior targeting children similar to what occurred in this case is a far bigger problem than most parents realize," County Attorney Jim Backstrom said in a prepared statement. "Parents should discuss this issue with their children and encourage them to let their parents know of any solicitation attempts made against them, or other inappropriate activity they encounter while using the Internet."